Condiment-holder.



S. I. ROCLAWSKI.

` GONDIMENT HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1911. 1965?@9535, Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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STANISLAW I. ROCLAWSKI, 0F NEW YORK, Nr Y.

CONDIMENT-OLR.

a-,orosa Specification of Letters Patent.

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LAwsKI, a citizen of the Russian' Empire, Iresiding at New York, in the' county of New' York and State'o `New York, have in' vented'l certain new and' useful Improves ments in Condiment-Hblders, of which' the' following is a specificatiom My invention relates to lmprovements 1n condiment holders and has for its leading' object the provision of an improved devie' adapt'edto contain both salt and'y pepper'or pair of like commodities distributed from' shakers which willcontain said commodities within a sin le4 holder'and will permit of the selective distribution thereof.

rEhe further object of my'invention isvthe provision in ay device or this' character ofimpr'ovedmeans whereby' the shaking" outof' the v-arious commodities may be readilyand quickly controlled' and either may be cu'tl out? and lockedf against Howy or distribuL tion as desired. l

Anot-her object of the invention is to pro-i vide' afdevice of this kind in which the mech'- arlismfor` permitting' and' preventing the egress of the contents will* be sof arrangedf and disposedthati' it may-'beoper-ate'd by the simple a'ct of grasping' the` devieepreliminary to its use.

@ther objects" and advantagesfof my imL proved condiment holder' willlloe readily alp-` parentby reference te the renewing.' de;

scription taken in connection with the' ac'' 4 compan'ying` drawings andf iti will bel understood thatfI may'make' anymodications-in the specific' structure shown and described within the scope of my claims vvithout departing from or exceeding the spiriti' of my lnvention.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my.

device. Fig.- 2- represents al top` planview= thereof. Flg. 3 represents a sectionalview on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4- repre# sents a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 represents a perspective View of the sliding cut-oft member.

In the drawings, the numerals l and 2 designate the two cylindrical portions of my device each having the bore 3, said cylinders 1 and 2 being connected by the short web 4 which is of less height than the hei ht of the cylinders 1 and 2 which may be eit er true cylinders or may taper upward slightly. Said cylinders are adapted to contain various pulverized substances such as .'ta'bl'e salt' in the cylinder 1 andA pepper in the cylinder 2, while engaged on the exterio'rlt threadedl upper'ends of the cylinders vare tfhe'- threaded annular flanges 5 of the having'aslot 7 formed in one side thereof. Inl this -v construction, the salt and pepper jwould ordinarily both be shaken out were not some means provided to control the dis charge from the two cylinders. To control this discharge, I form: inv the web 4 the groove 8' which communicates at each end Awith a vertical `groove 9 formed in the inner face of the adjacent cylinder, said groove Einclining' or' flaring' outwardly, while fitting'int'o'the' groove 8 is the base portion 9 of" a rectangular bar 10 having a horizontal portion andy upstanding' endV portions adaptedv toiit' inthe' groove 9 of one or the other of thel cylinders, the space between the end portions' being' of less measurement than ythe distance between the grooves, whereby whenone'of the upst'andingportions of the bar'fitsentirely'within one of the grooves 9 the' other upsta'nding' portion will project fromL the'faee' of the other cylinder. Said `upsta'ndin'g: portions eachA terminate inv an outwardly extending end 11 secured to the funderf'face" of a perforate' plate 12 having itsperforationsso 'disposed as vto be in alineme'nt withlthe perforation's` of the cap plate G'Whenthe bari portion bearing the plate is disposed within the groove ofY the cylinder.

Infthe'use' of= my device, 1fnormally have the'twocaps withftheirslots' 7 disposed in alinement' with the grooves 9, whereby pres-v sure-of the finger against the upstanding portions ofthe bar- 10'will slide the bar to shifttheplat'es `int-o positionfwhere the openings of' one will correspond with the openyings of the cap thereabove while the openings ofl the other will be out of alinement withA the openings of its cap and will pre- `ve-nt discharge of material therethrough.

When it is desired to lock the slide in adjusted position it is merely necessary to push the bar inward until its outer edge is within a line circumscribing the cylinder at its threaded portion and to then rotate the cap plate until the slot thereof is out of alinement with the groove 9 when the solid portion of the flange 5 will secure the bar within the groove.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the construction' of my improved condiment perforate cap plates 6, said flanges 5 each,

holder will be readily understood, and it will be seen that I have provided a thoroughly simple and durable device of this character in which the discharge of the various condiments contained in the cylinders may be regulated as desired and in which either of the controlling plates may be locked to prevent discharge from the cylinder in which the said plate is disposed and may be readily unlocked when desired and it will be also seen that the upstanding end portions of the bar are so disposed that they are in position to be engaged by the finger of the user in the simple and natural act of using the holder so that it is only necessary to grasp whichever of the cylinders contains the condiment desired with the fore-v finger between the upper ends of the two cylinders, when the finger will engage the upst-anding end of the bar and will automatically open the desired cylinder and close the other one.

I claim:

1. A condiment holder comprising a pair of containers and a connecting web extending therebetween, perforated caps for the containers, said containers extending above the web and having grooves formed in their mutually adjacent faces, members arranged for movement into and out of the grooves, connections between the members for movement of each of the members out of its groove when the other member is moved into its groove, and plates connected with the members and having perforations therein disposed for alinement with the perforations of the caps only when the members are in their grooves, said members being disposed for engagement by the finger of the user and for movement thereby into their respective grooves individually when the holder is grasped for use.

2. A condiment holder comprising a pair of containers and a connecting Web extending therebetween, perforated caps for the containers, said containers extending above the web and having grooves formed in their mutually adjacent faces, members arranged for movement into and out of the grooves,

connections between the members for move-\ ment of each of the members out of its groove whenv the other member is moved into its groove, and plates connected with the members and having perforations therein disposed for alinement with the perforations of the caps only when thc.members are in their grooves;A said members being disposed for engagement by the finger of' the user and for movement thereby into their respective grooves individually when the holder is vgrasped for use, said caps being provided with flanges having slots normally registered With the grooves, said caps being rotatable to bring their anges over the grooves and over the members therein.

3. A condiment holder comprising a pair of containers, a connecting web extending between the containers and terminating short of the upper ends thereof, said containers having grooves in their mutually adjacent faces, said web having a groove in its upper face communicating with the lower ends of the first-mentioned grooves, a bar lhaving a bottom portion slidably engaged in fthe groove of the web and having outstanding end portions, adjusted for engagement in the groove of the adjacent containers, said end portions being so spaced that one of the end portions lies out of its groove when the other end portion isin its groove, said end portions having laterally turned upper extremities projecting inwardly of the containers, perforated caps for the containers and plates carried by the laterally turned extremities of the bar and having perforations therein disposed for registration with the perforations of the caps'only when the corresponding upstanding port-ion of the bar is in its groove, said upstanding portions when out of their grooves being exposed for engagement and movement by the finger of the user.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

STANISLAW I. ROCLAWSKI. Witnesses:

JOSEPH PRYMPso, Lome KorREvA. 

